GoLYTELY vs. its authorized generic and generics

How to pay the least

Ask for the cash price

Generic polyethylene glycol 3350, sodium sulfate, sodium bicarbonate, sodium chloride, and potassium chloride

No pharmacy we check posts a price for it.

Ask your pharmacy for the cash price of generic polyethylene glycol 3350, sodium sulfate, sodium bicarbonate, sodium chloride, and potassium chloride.Find pharmacies near you
Ask one or two other pharmacies too. Cash prices for the same generic can differ a lot from store to store.

A regular generic has the same active ingredient as GoLYTELY, and the FDA requires it to work the same way.

Compare every option

Brand nameGoLYTELY

Authorized genericpolyethylene glycol 3350, sodium sulfate, sodium bicarbonate, sodium chloride, and potassium chloride

Regular genericpolyethylene glycol 3350, sodium sulfate, sodium bicarbonate, sodium chloride, and potassium chloride

What you’d pay

Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually the highest price

Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually among the lowest

Same as GoLYTELY?

The original

Same medicine

Same active ingredientFillers and dyes can differ

Brand nameNo maker’s card

We didn’t find a savings card or cash price from GoLYTELY’s maker. Ask the pharmacy for GoLYTELY’s cash price. With insurance, ask what your plan charges.

Authorized genericThe NDC to ask for

The same medicine as GoLYTELY, without the brand name. Give the pharmacy its NDC to get it.

polyethylene glycol 3350, sodium sulfate, sodium bicarbonate, sodium chloride, and potassium chloride

Sold by (either works)

Affordable Pharmaceuticals
Wilshire Pharmaceuticals

NDC to ask for

236 g/4 L / 22.74 g/4 L / 6.74 g/4 L / 5.86 g/4 L / 2.97 g/4 Lpowder for solutionAffordable Pharmaceuticals
- 10572-100-0111-digit: 10572-0100-014 L per jug
236 g/4 L / 22.74 g/4 L / 6.74 g/4 L / 5.86 g/4 L / 2.97 g/4 Lpowder for solutionWilshire Pharmaceuticals
- 52536-236-0111-digit: 52536-0236-014 L per jug

Source: FDA, updated October 30, 2026

What to say at the pharmacy

“Before you fill my GoLYTELY, can you tell me what I’d pay for the brand, for the authorized generic, and for a regular generic?”

Paying cash? Ask for each one’s cash price. With insurance, ask what your plan charges for each.

Brand and authorized generic labels

Official labels and ingredient lists from DailyMed (U.S. National Library of Medicine).

236 g/4 L / 22.74 g/4 L / 6.74 g/4 L / 5.86 g/4 L / 2.97 g/4 L powder for solution · Affordable Pharmaceuticals

Same active ingredient as GoLYTELY. GoLYTELY’s label doesn’t list its inactive ingredients, so those can’t be compared.

Authorized generic package label from Affordable Pharmaceuticals — Authorized genericAffordable Pharmaceuticals

See the ingredients

Active: polyethylene glycol 3350 236 g/4 L · sodium sulfate anhydrous 22.74 g/4 L · sodium bicarbonate 6.74 g/4 L · sodium chloride 5.86 g/4 L · potassium chloride 2.97 g/4 L

236 g/4 L / 22.74 g/4 L / 6.74 g/4 L / 5.86 g/4 L / 2.97 g/4 L powder for solution · Wilshire Pharmaceuticals

Same active ingredient as GoLYTELY. GoLYTELY’s label doesn’t list its inactive ingredients, so those can’t be compared.

Authorized generic package label from Wilshire Pharmaceuticals — Authorized genericWilshire Pharmaceuticals

See the ingredients

Active: polyethylene glycol 3350 236 g/4 L · sodium sulfate anhydrous 22.74 g/4 L · sodium bicarbonate 6.74 g/4 L · sodium chloride 5.86 g/4 L · potassium chloride 2.97 g/4 L

Regular genericWho makes it

2 companies sell a generic of GoLYTELY that the FDA rates a substitute. A pharmacy fills whichever one it stocks. To get a certain maker, ask for it by name; most pharmacies can order it in a day or two.

Lupin Pharmaceuticals236 g/274.31 g / 22.74 g/274.31 g / 6.74 g/274.31 g / 5.86 g/274.31 g / 2.97 g/274.31 g

Sold as Gavilyte G TM · Made by Novel Laboratories

How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

236 g/274.31 g / 22.74 g/274.31 g / 6.74 g/274.31 g / 5.86 g/274.31 g / 2.97 g/274.31 g

Package NDC
Bottle of 274.31 g 43386-090-19

Inactive ingredients: saccharin sodium, maltodextrin
FDA label
Strides Pharma Science236 g/4 L / 22.74 g/4 L / 6.74 g/4 L / 5.86 g/4 L / 2.97 g/4 L

Packages and NDCs

236 g/4 L / 22.74 g/4 L / 6.74 g/4 L / 5.86 g/4 L / 2.97 g/4 L White

Package NDC
Jug of 4 l 64380-766-21

FDA label

Package	NDC
Bottle of 274.31 g	43386-090-19

Package	NDC
Jug of 4 l	64380-766-21

Who sells it: FDA and Medicaid records, updated weekly. Each maker’s page, card and program is from its own site.

What it’s used for

Cleaning out the bowel before a colonoscopy
Cleaning out the bowel before a barium enema X-ray

What the FDA label says

GoLYTELY is a combination of PEG 3350, an osmotic laxative, and electrolytes indicated for cleansing of the colon in preparation for colonoscopy and barium enema X-ray examination in adults

Source: the FDA label for GoLYTELY (Braintree Laboratories, Inc.), October 8, 2026. Full label on DailyMed

Good to know

It may look different from GoLYTELY (color, shape, or markings). That’s normal for an authorized generic.
If your prescription says “dispense as written,” the pharmacy needs your prescriber’s OK to give you the authorized generic.
Cash prices can differ a lot from one pharmacy to the next, so it can pay to ask two. With insurance, what you pay depends on your plan.
If your pharmacy doesn’t stock it, they can often order it within a day or two.
Don’t stop or change a medicine without talking to your pharmacist or prescriber.

Prices change: confirm with the pharmacy before you fill. drugalt.com/drug/golytely/